Splash

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Splash, v. t. [Akin to plash.].

•  To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.  [1913 Webster]
•  To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.  [1913 Webster]

Splash, v. i. 

 To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.  [1913 Webster]

Splash, n. 

•  Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.  [1913 Webster]
•  A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Splash, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. spatter or cause (liquid) to spatter in small drops.
2 tr. cause (a person) to be spattered with liquid etc. (splashed them with mud).
3 intr. a (of a person) cause liquid to spatter (was splashing about in the bath). b (usu. foll. by across, along, etc.) move while spattering liquid etc. (splashed across the carpet in his boots). c step, fall, or plunge etc. into a liquid etc. so as to cause a splash (splashed into the sea).
4 tr. display (news) prominently.
5 tr. decorate with scattered colour.
6 tr. spend (money) ostentatiously.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of splashing.
2 a a quantity of liquid splashed. b the resulting noise (heard a splash).
3 a spot of dirt etc. splashed on to a thing.
4 a prominent news feature etc.
5 a daub or patch of colour, esp. on an animal's coat.
6 Brit. colloq. a small quantity of liquid, esp. of soda water etc. to dilute spirits.

Idiom

make a splash attract much attention, esp. by extravagance. splash out colloq. spend money freely.

Derivative

splashy adj. (splashier, splashiest).

Etymology

alt. of PLASH(1)

THESAURUS

Splash

ado, asperge, babble, bedabble, bedew, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, blaze, blazon, blemish, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bravura, brilliancy, brouhaha, bubble, burble, caste mark, check, checkmark, cicatrix, commotion, cut, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dab, dabble, damp, dampen, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, daring, dash, daub, dazzle, demonstration, dew, discoloration, display, dot, dottedness, douche, douse, dramatics, dramatize, drench, drown, earmark, eclat, engraving, etalage, excitement, exhibition, exhibitionism, eyesore, false front, fanfaronade, flaunt, flaunting, fleck, flick, flourish, flyspeck, foam, foofaraw, freckle, freckliness, froth, gash, glare, glitter, graving, guggle, gurgle, hack, histrionics, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, impression, irrigate, jot, lap, lapping, lentigo, macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a figure, make a show, make a splash, manifestation, mark, marking, moisten, mole, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notch, paddle, pageant, pageantry, parade, patch, plash, plaster, play up, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, prick, puncture, purl, ripple, ripple of applause, ripple of laughter, scar, scarification, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, sensation, sham, shine, show, shower, showing-off, slobber, slop, slosh, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soak, sop, sparge, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, spectacle, spindrift, splatter, splosh, splotch, splurge, sponge, spot, spottedness, spottiness, spray, spread, sprinkle, spume, spurtle, squirt, staginess, stain, stigma, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark, swash, swish, syringe, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, theatrics, throw, tick, tittle, to-do, trill, uproar, vaunt, wash, washing, water, watermark, wet, wet down

ROGET THESAURUS

Splash

Uncleanness

VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.

Ostentation

N ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.

Water

VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.

River

N river, running water, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau, sluice, water spout, water fall, cascade, force, foss, lin, linn, ghyll, Niagara, cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm, debacle, inundation, deluge, chute, washout, rain, rainfall, serein, shower, scud, downpour, driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst, hyetology, hyetography, predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin, mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash, dropping, falling weather, northeaster, hurricane, typhoon, stream, course, flux, flow, profluence, effluence, defluxion, flowing, current, tide, race, coulee, spring, artesian well, fount, fountain, rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet, streamlet, brooklet, branch, runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river, reach, tributary, geyser, spout, waterspout, body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash, spring tide, high tide, full tide, bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre, fresh, freshet, indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow, confluence, corrivation, wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple, anerythmon gelasma, beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps, rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, hydraulicostatics, rain gauge, flowmeter, pegology, irrigation, pump, watering pot, watering cart, hydrant, syringe, garden hose, lawn spray, bhisti, mussuk, fluent, diffluent, profluent, affluent, tidal, flowing, meandering, meandry, meandrous, fluvial, fluviatile, streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous, stillatitious, for men may come and men may go but I go on foreve, that old man river, he just keeps rolling along.

VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct, flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.